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Almeida wins time-trial to take Tour of Switzerland
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2025-06-22, 11:42pm
Paris, 22 June - Joao Almeida of Team UAE won the closing time-trial of the Tour of Switzerland on Sunday to wrest victory from overnight leader Kevin Vauquelin.
Almeida beat Austrian Felix Gall by 25 seconds in the closing 10.1km uphill time-trial and Frenchman Vauquelin, who was fourth, by 1min 40sec.
It was second straight stage victory for Almeida, who had cut Vauquelin's lead to 33 seconds on Saturday.
Sunday's dominant ride meant the Portuguese rider beat Vauquelin by 1:07 in the overall standings.
Breakout star Scotsman Oscar Onley was third on the day 1:12 behind Almeida and finished third overall 51sec behind Vauquelin.BSS